“But, I Don’t Have
Artifacts!”: Resources for
Teaching Native Cultures and
Object-based Learning in the
Classroom
Ann Marie Gleeson, Primary Source
Chronological Thinking
Place the images in approximate chronological order.
What is the topic of your set of images?
What inferences can you make from this progression of
images?
What connections can students make about change
over time?
What skills does this activity address?
The Makah Peoples
1792
1865
1900
1903
1905
1910
1910
1911
1915
1923
1941
1964
1990s
1995
2009
Acoma Pueblo
1898
1899
1926
1929
1930s
1930s
1941
1941
1999
(Hillary
Clinton at
Acoma)
2006
2010
Native Footwear
400 – 600 AD
Pueblo (Utah)
1870
Kansas
1890
Shawnee
Oklahoma
1890s
Oklahoma
1900
Blackfoot
ceremonial
1910
Alaska
1910
Canada
1920 Ojibewa
1940 Mexico
1970 Canada
1983 Alaska
2000 Minnesota Chippewa
2010
Yakima
Washington
State
Chronological Thinking
How did you make your decisions? What evidence
did you use?
How did you use objects?
Chronological Thinking
Change over time
Contemporary Images
Object analysis
purpose,
detail work,
climate/geography/raw materials,
art, used today, tourism
Making Connections Without the Actual
Artifact
Images of the object
Bring in contemporary objects or reproductions
Show images/videos of how it was made or used
Use sample raw materials
Artifact Kits
Cedar Bark

http://www.sfu.museum/time/en/panoramas/beach/bark/43/

http://www.sfu.museum/time/en/panoramas/beach/bark-stripping/44/
Cedar Bark

http://www.sfu.museum/time/en/panoramas/beach/uses-of-cedar-bark/47/

http://www.sfu.museum/time/en/panoramas/beach/uses-of-cedar-bark/48/
Resources
https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1054119

Using objects in the classroom

Editor's Notes

  • #4 Makah c. 1900
  • #8 Wampanoag Hickory Wood
  • #17 Peabody Number: 44-19-10/27264 Acoma Ceramic Bowl Basket
  • #21 TitleMakah woman known as Maria (wife of Tatoosh) holding infant, Washington, in engraving made 1792
  • #22 TitleMakah girls called Martha, Fanny, and Ellen at Neah Bay, Washington, ca. 1865
  • #23 Makah Drying Fish 1900
  • #24 TitleMakah boy plays the organ in class, Neah Bay, Washington, ca. 1903
  • #25 Makah 1905
  • #26 Makah 1910
  • #27 Makah woman with gathering basket, Washington, 1910
  • #28 Makah 1911
  • #29 Makah 1915
  • #30 TitleMakahs gather for a potlatch, Neah Bay, Washington, ca. 1923
  • #31 Makah 1941
  • #32 Makah 1964
  • #33 Makah 1990s
  • #34 Makah Day 1995
  • #35 Makah Days 2009
  • #37 Acoma 1898
  • #38 1899 Acoma
  • #39 Acoma Pueblo 1926
  • #40 Acoma 1929
  • #41 Acoma 1930s
  • #42 Acoma 1930s
  • #43 Acoma Pueblo 1941 Ansel Adams
  • #44 Ansel Adams Acoma Pueblo Church 1941
  • #45 Hillary Clinton at Acoma 1999
  • #46 Acoma 200s
  • #47 Acoma Pueblo Cultural Center Museum 2010s
  • #49 400 – 600 AD Pueblo Utah
  • #50 Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]1870
  • #51 Oklahoma Shawnee 1890
  • #52 Kiawa Oklahoma 1890s women’s moccasins
  • #53 Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet) Girls leggings moccasins 1900 ceremonial
  • #54 1910 men’s boots Alaska
  • #55 Alberta Canada 1910
  • #56 1920 Ojibewa
  • #57 1940 Mexico
  • #58 1970 Canda
  • #59 Mukluks 1983 Alaska
  • #60 2000 Minnesota Chippewa
  • #61 2010 Yakima Washington State